Head of Non-Financial Risk Management

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Risk Management - General

About Us 

 

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential unleashed by leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.  

 

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there. 

    

Transamerica is a part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group. The Aegon companies employ over 21,500 people and have approximately 31.7 million customers.* For more information,  visit www.transamerica.com. 

 

Who We Are 

  

Transamerica has been making financial services available to the many, not just the few, for more than 100 years. We’re a leading provider of life insurance, retirement, and investment solutions, serving millions of customers throughout the United States. Transamerica’s dedicated professionals focus on helping people live their best lives through saving, investing, and protecting their loved ones. Transamerica is dedicated to building America’s leading middle market life insurance and retirement company, providing a broad range of quality individual life insurance policies, workplace supplemental insurance benefits, workplace retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, and investment products, including mutual funds, annuities, stable value solutions, as well as investment management services. 

 

What We Do 

 

Transamerica is organized by lines of business (Life Insurance, Annuities, Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, and Employee Benefits), which are supported by Transamerica Corporate (Corporate Development; Finance; Internal Audit; Legislative, Regulatory & Policy; Office of the CEO; People and Places; Brand; Corporate Affairs; Risk; and Technology). 

Job Description Summary

The Head of Non-Financial Risk provides leadership for the non-financial risk functions of Transamerica and works closely with business leaders to incorporate risk considerations and transparency into the company’s strategy and decision-making processes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Assess and align on the strategy non-financial risks at Transamerica, working closely with functional leaders in risk and the businesses.
• Champion, on an ongoing basis, holistic oversight of non-financial risks ensuring they appropriately built, mapped, and quantified as part of the ERM framework. Understand the presence and efficacy of controls, and ensure compliance.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of the global framework and policies.; Ensure implementation of the Aegon enterprise risk framework, adherence to risk appetite, and enhancement of risk culture and conduct.
• Foster an enterprise-wide approach to business risk management, and that risk activities are adequately integrated with the identification, evaluation, and pursuit of growth opportunities.
• Identify external and emerging risks and quantify potential impact, work closely with management to control or monitor identified risks; facilitate strategic risk assessment.
• Communicate audience-specific information to business lines, management, and external stakeholders; prepare, present, and sponsor training on risk related topics as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a business field; Twelve years of experience in risk management or related field
• An experienced financial services professional with a strong background in risk and controls.
• Strong understanding of the industry best practices and regulatory expectations for non-financial risk management and measurement within financial services, ideally insurance.
• Outstanding communication skills to interact with executives, managers, peers, and staff; ability to understand the audience and craft effective communications.
• Analytical thinker to understand complex problems, frame appropriate questions, and determine when analysis is sufficient to support decision making.
• Ability to resolve conflicts constructively and in the best interest of the Company.
• High influencing and relationship management skills.
• High integrity to uphold risk management principles and mandates.
• Able to challenge conventional practices and pursue continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Risk management certification